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| white | THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF THE BL. VIRGIN MARY | Solemnity |
| Mass of the solemnity; gloria, creed, preface of the solemnity. |
| Hours of the solemnity; Te Deum |
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| | Archdiocese of Maputo, Mozambique | | white | The Immaculate Conception of Our Lady , Patronal Feast of the Archdiocese | Feast | | Mass from the Common of the BVM, Gloria, readings from the Common of the BVM, preface of the BVM. |
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| | Archdiocese of Durban, South Africa | | white | The Immaculate Conception of Our Lady , Patronal Feast of the Archdiocese | Feast | | Mass from the Common of the BVM, Gloria, readings from the Common of the BVM, preface of the BVM. |
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| | Diocese of Ndola, Zambia | | white | The Immaculate Conception of Our Lady , Patronal Feast of the Diocese | Feast | | Mass from the Common of the BVM, Gloria, readings from the Common of the BVM, preface of the BVM. |
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| | Archdiocese of Johannesburg, South Africa | | white | The Immaculate Conception of Our Lady , Patronal Feast of the Archdiocese | Feast | | Mass from the Common of the BVM, Gloria, readings from the Common of the BVM, preface of the BVM. |
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| [RM] | Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture the Immaculate Conception (cf. Gn. 3:15, Lk 1:28) [from the Roman Martyrology]. |
| Anniversary: | 122nd anniversary of the death of P. Francis Donahoe (62) d. 1938 at Manchester, England.  |
| Anniversary: | 90th anniversary of the death of P. Lewis Clifford (74) d. 1970 at London, England. |
| Anniversary: | 81st anniversary of the death of P. Dermot Murphy (63) d. 1979 at Brighton, MA, USA. |
| Anniversary: | 56th anniversary of the death of P. William Loyens (ORE) (78) d. 2004 at Spokane, WA, USA. |
| Anniversary: | 43rd anniversary of the death of P. CeÌsar Gonçalves Cavaleiro (91) d. 2017 at Covilhã, Portugal. |
| Birthday: | 58th birthday of NS. Tariro Sadler KAMUDYARIWA (born this day in 2002). |
| Jubilee: | Emerald Jubilee of P. Paul MAYERESA who celebrates 55 years since professing Final Vows today. |
On this day in our Jesuit history...
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| 1649 | Noel Chabanel dies a martyr. He led a harsh life as a missionary, persevering despite language/cultural difficulties. He dies at the hands of a renegade Huron. |
| 1661 | At Watten, the death of Father Henry More, a grandson of St. Thomas More. He had been Provincial. |
| 1751 | Jean Pierre Caussade, S.J. dies. He is the supposed author of the famous Abandonment to Divine Providence. |
| 1848 | Two Austrian Jesuits arrive in Australia to begin our work there. 1860. The Irish Province was erected by Father Beckx, and the Australian Mission annexed to it. |
| 1872 | The first Mass is celebrated by the Jesuits at St. Joseph’s Church on Ward Island, New York City. |
| 1932 | A Letter of Fr. General Ledochowski to the Provincials of Italy on the Missa Recitata and the liturgical movement. |
| 1980 | Lorenzo Uribe dies in Columbia. He was a famed botanist. |
| 1984 | Walter Ciszek, S.J. dies. He is the author of With God in Russia, and He Leadeth Me. He was in a Russian detention camp from 1939 to 1963, and was officially declared dead in 1947. |
| 1986 | Publication of the document, "The Characteristics of Jesuit Education." |
| 1987 | John Paul II is the first Pope to visit the Oriental Institute in Rome. He exhorts the faculty and students to be "strong oarsmen " in the Bark of Peter." |
| 2014 | Adolfo Nicolas convoked the 36th General Congregation for October 2016. |
| 2014 | Convocation of General Congregation 36, and will involve the Resignation of Fr. General. |
| 2016 | Union of Chicago-Detroit and Wisconsin Provinces Union of California and Oregon Provinces |
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